Common everyday English idioms matched with their meaning, one idiom per card.
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- break the ice
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to make someone feel comfortable in an awkward situation
- hit the hay
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to go to bed
- raining cats and dogs
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raining very heavily
- piece of cake
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something that is very easy
- spill the beans
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to reveal a secret
- cost an arm and a leg
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to be very expensive
- barking up the wrong tree
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pursuing the wrong thing or direction
- beat around the bush
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to avoid talking directly about something
- bite the dust
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to fail or be defeated
- break a leg
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good luck, especially before a performance
- break the bank
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to spend too much money
- call it a day
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to stop working for the day
- caught red-handed
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caught in the act of doing something wrong
- come rain or shine
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no matter what happens
- cut to the chase
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to get to the main point quickly